It's not easy being the villain when your crush is the hero. I make a plan to... I don't know... do something evil. Like when I stole from that bank, or toppled that skyscraper. Good times. Anyway, I make a plan to do something...

They dug my head in the dirt.
They wanted to hurt me.
However, they had no idea that I was a fighter. That I would come back swinging. The thing is, their hateful words didn't harm me. Bullying wouldn't bring me down...
...

With a brief blow of the whistle, the train lurched forward. Byrd looked out the window, watching the people in the station giving their last farewells to the soldiers leaning out of the windows. Mothers cried, fathers clasped...